Tom Landry’s Fedora
Tom Landry’s Fedora
The famous fedora, still going strong in 1986. (Andy Hayt/Sports Illustrated)
With fellow hat fancier and Cowboys GM Tex Schramm, 1959. (AP)
With quarterback Eddie Lebaron, 1961. (Neil Leifer/Sports Illustrated)
Talking with Don Meredith, 1966. (Neil Leifer/Sports Illustrated)
A preseason game with the Packers, 1970. (Neil Leifer)
Stoic on the sideline for the NFC title game against the 49ers, January 1971. (Neil Leifer/Sports Illustrated)
The facade breaks down as Landry and Craig Morton celebrate after the 17-10 win that sent Dallas to its first Super Bowl. (Neil Leifer/Sports Illustrated)
“Cool hat, Mister!“ After a playoff win in Minnesota in December 1971. (Heinz Kluetmeier/Sports Illustrated)
With Calvin Hill and blimp at Super Bowl VI, where the Cowboys would win their first NFL title. (Neil Leifer/Sports Illustrated)
Going with the straw look for summer, against the College All-Stars in July 1972. (Heinz Kluetmeier/Sports Illustrated)
With, among others, Ernie Stautner, Roger Staubach and Dan Reeves at Super Bowl X. (Rich Clarkson/Sports Illustrated)
Mild disagreement with a call during Super Bowl X. (Rich Clarkson/Sports Illustrated)
Victory ride after defeating the Broncos in Super Bowl XII. (Peter Read Miller/Sports Illustrated)
Comapring chapeaux with Bum Phillips, 1979. (John Iacono/Sports Illustrated)
With Dan Reeves in Denver, 1986. (Andy Hayt/Sports Illustrated)
Jerry Jones, Mel Renfro and Roger Staubach join Landry for his induction into the Cowboys’ Ring of Honor, 1993.
Landry (49) sported a different kind of headgear as a player for the Giants in the ’50s. (Corbis)
Shocker! A hatless Landry leading the Cowboys out in 1962. (Marvin E. Newman/Sports Illustrated)
Fittingly, the statue of Landry outside the Cowboys’ stadium in Arlington features the man as most remember him. (Bob Rosato/Sports Illustrated)
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